The Best FIFA Football Awards

The Best FIFA Football Awards is a football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA.^[1]

The Best FIFA Football Awards
Current: The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025
Awarded for	Excellence in association football team and individual achievements
Location	Zurich, Switzerland
Presented by	FIFA
First award	9 January 2017 (2017-01-09)
Website	fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards

The first awarding ceremony was held on 9 January 2017 in Zurich, Switzerland.^[2] The award is aimed at reviving the FIFA World Player Gala.^[3] This award being given to the players with best performance in the calendar year.

Men's awards

Lionel Messi, the most-awarded player

The Best FIFA Men's Player

See also: The Best FIFA Men's Player

Year	Rank	Player	Team(s)	Points
2016	1st	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	34.54%
	2nd	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	26.42%
	3rd	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	7.53%
2017	1st	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	43.16%
	2nd	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	19.25%
	3rd	Neymar	Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain	6.97%
2018	1st	Luka Modrić	Real Madrid	29.05%
	2nd	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid Juventus	19.08%
	3rd	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	11.23%
2019	1st	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	46
	2nd	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	38
	3rd	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	36
2020	1st	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	52
	2nd	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	38
	3rd	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	35
2021	1st	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	48
	2nd	Lionel Messi	Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain	44
	3rd	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	39
2022	1st	Lionel Messi	Paris Saint-Germain	52
	2nd	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	44
	3rd	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	34
2023	1st	Lionel Messi	Paris Saint-Germain Inter Miami	48
	2nd	Erling Haaland	Manchester City	48
	3rd	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	35
2024	1st	Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid	48
	2nd	Rodri	Manchester City	43
	3rd	Jude Bellingham	Real Madrid	37
2025	1st	Ousmane Dembélé	Paris Saint-Germain	50
	2nd	Lamine Yamal	Barcelona	39
	3rd	Kylian Mbappé	Real Madrid	35

The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper

See also: The Best FIFA Goalkeeper

Emiliano Martínez, the most-awarded goalkeeper

Year	Rank	Player	Team(s)
2017	1st	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus
	2nd	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich
	3rd	Keylor Navas	Real Madrid
2018	1st	Thibaut Courtois	Chelsea Real Madrid
	2nd	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur
	3rd	Kasper Schmeichel	Leicester City
2019	1st	Alisson	Liverpool
	2nd	Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona
	3rd	Ederson	Manchester City
2020	1st	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich
	2nd	Alisson	Liverpool
	3rd	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid
2021	1st	Édouard Mendy	Chelsea
	2nd	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Milan Paris Saint-Germain
	3rd	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich
2022	1st	Emiliano Martínez	Aston Villa
	2nd	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid
	3rd	Yassine Bounou	Sevilla
2023	1st	Ederson	Manchester City
	2nd	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid
	3rd	Yassine Bounou	Sevilla Al Hilal
2024	1st	Emiliano Martínez	Aston Villa
	2nd	Ederson	Manchester City
	3rd	Unai Simón	Athletic Bilbao
2025	1st	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Paris Saint-Germain Manchester City
	2nd	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid
	3rd	Alisson	Liverpool

The Best FIFA Men's Coach

See also: The Best FIFA Football Coach

Jürgen Klopp, the most-awarded coach

Year	Rank	Coach	Team(s) managed
2016	1st	Claudio Ranieri	Leicester City
	2nd	Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid Castilla Real Madrid
	3rd	Fernando Santos	Portugal
2017	1st	Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid
	2nd	Antonio Conte	Chelsea
	3rd	Massimiliano Allegri	Juventus
2018	1st	Didier Deschamps	France
	2nd	Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid
	3rd	Zlatko Dalić	Croatia
2019	1st	Jürgen Klopp	Liverpool
	2nd	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City
	3rd	Mauricio Pochettino	Tottenham Hotspur
2020	1st	Jürgen Klopp	Liverpool
	2nd	Hansi Flick	Bayern Munich
	3rd	Marcelo Bielsa	Leeds United
2021	1st	Thomas Tuchel	Paris Saint-Germain Chelsea
	2nd	Roberto Mancini	Italy
	3rd	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City
2022	1st	Lionel Scaloni	Argentina
	2nd	Carlo Ancelotti	Real Madrid
	3rd	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City
2023	1st	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City
	2nd	Luciano Spalletti	Napoli Italy
	3rd	Simone Inzaghi	Inter Milan
2024	1st	Carlo Ancelotti	Real Madrid
	2nd	Xabi Alonso	Bayer Leverkusen
	3rd	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City
2025	1st	Luis Enrique	Paris Saint-Germain
	2nd	Hansi Flick	Barcelona
	3rd	Arne Slot	Liverpool

FIFA Puskás Award (2024–)

See also: FIFA Puskás Award

FIFA FIFPRO Men's World 11

See also: FIFPRO § FIFA FIFPRO Men's World 11

Year	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2016[4]	Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)	Marcelo (Real Madrid) Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) Dani Alves (Barcelona/Juventus)	Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Luis Suárez (Barcelona) Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2017[5]	Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)	Marcelo (Real Madrid) Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus/Milan) Dani Alves (Juventus/Paris Saint-Germain)	Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Neymar (Barcelona/Paris Saint-Germain) Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2018[6]	David de Gea (Manchester United)	Marcelo (Real Madrid) Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid) Dani Alves (Paris Saint-Germain)	Eden Hazard (Chelsea) N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Juventus) Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2019[7]	Alisson (Liverpool)	Marcelo (Real Madrid) Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax/Juventus)	Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Real Madrid) Frenkie de Jong (Ajax/Barcelona) Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2020[8]	Alisson (Liverpool)	Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich) Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)	Thiago (Bayern Munich/Liverpool) Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2021[9]	Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan/Paris Saint-Germain)	David Alaba (Bayern Munich/Real Madrid) Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) Rúben Dias (Manchester City)	Jorginho (Chelsea) N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/Manchester United) Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Paris Saint-Germain)
2022[10]	Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)	Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain) Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) João Cancelo (Manchester City/Bayern Munich)	Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) Casemiro (Real Madrid/Manchester United) Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)	Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund/Manchester City) Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain)
2023[11]	Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)	Rúben Dias (Manchester City) John Stones (Manchester City) Kyle Walker (Manchester City)	Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund/Real Madrid) Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)	Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) Erling Haaland (Manchester City) Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain/Inter Miami)

FIFA Men's World 11

From the 2024 edition onward, FIFA independently manages their own award, The Best FIFA Men's World 11.

Year	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2024[12]	Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)	William Saliba (Arsenal) Rúben Dias (Manchester City) Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid) Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)	Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) Rodri (Manchester City) Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)	Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) Erling Haaland (Manchester City) Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
2025[13]	Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain/Manchester City)	Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain) Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) Willian Pacho (Paris Saint-Germain) Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain)	Pedri (Barcelona) Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain) Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) Cole Palmer (Chelsea)	Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain) Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)

Women's awards

Aitana Bonmatí, most awarded player

The Best FIFA Women's Player

See also: The Best FIFA Women's Player

Year	Rank	Player	Team(s)
2016	1st	Carli Lloyd	Houston Dash
	2nd	Marta	Rosengård
	3rd	Melanie Behringer	Bayern Munich
2017	1st	Lieke Martens	Rosengård Barcelona
	2nd	Carli Lloyd	Houston Dash Manchester City
	3rd	Deyna Castellanos	Florida State Seminoles Santa Clarita Blue Heat
2018	1st	Marta	Orlando Pride
	2nd	Dzsenifer Marozsán	Lyon
	3rd	Ada Hegerberg	Lyon
2019	1st	Megan Rapinoe	Reign FC
	2nd	Alex Morgan	Orlando Pride
	3rd	Lucy Bronze	Lyon
2020	1st	Lucy Bronze[14]	Lyon Manchester City
	2nd	Pernille Harder[14]	Chelsea
	3rd	Wendie Renard[14]	Lyon
2021	1st	Alexia Putellas	Barcelona
	2nd	Sam Kerr	Chelsea
	3rd	Jennifer Hermoso	Barcelona
2022	1st	Alexia Putellas	Barcelona
	2nd	Alex Morgan	Orlando Pride San Diego Wave
	3rd	Beth Mead	Arsenal
2023	1st	Aitana Bonmatí	Barcelona
	2nd	Linda Caicedo	Deportivo Cali Real Madrid
	3rd	Jenni Hermoso	Pachuca
2024	1st	Aitana Bonmatí	Barcelona
	2nd	Barbra Banda	Orlando Pride
	3rd	Caroline Graham Hansen	Barcelona
2025	1st	Aitana Bonmatí	Barcelona
	2nd	Mariona Caldentey	Arsenal
	3rd	Alexia Putellas	Barcelona

The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper

See also: The Best FIFA Goalkeeper

Mary Earps, most awarded goalkeeper

Year	Rank	Player	Team(s)
2016	Not awarded
2017
2018
2019	1st	Sari van Veenendaal	Arsenal Atlético Madrid
	2nd	Christiane Endler	Paris Saint-Germain
	3rd	Hedvig Lindahl	Chelsea VfL Wolfsburg
2020	1st	Sarah Bouhaddi	Lyon
	2nd	Christiane Endler	Paris Saint-Germain
	3rd	Alyssa Naeher	Chicago Red Stars
2021	1st	Christiane Endler	Paris Saint-Germain Lyon
	2nd	Ann-Katrin Berger	Chelsea
	3rd	Stephanie Labbé	FC Rosengård Paris Saint-Germain
2022	1st	Mary Earps	Manchester United
	2nd	Christiane Endler	Lyon
	3rd	Ann-Katrin Berger	Chelsea
2023	1st	Mary Earps	Manchester United
	2nd	Cata Coll	Barcelona
	3rd	Mackenzie Arnold	West Ham United
2024	1st	Alyssa Naeher	Chicago Red Stars
	2nd	Cata Coll	Barcelona
	3rd	Mary Earps	Manchester United Paris Saint-Germain
2025	1st	Hannah Hampton	Chelsea
	2nd	Cata Coll	Barcelona
	3rd	Christiane Endler	Lyon

The Best FIFA Women's Coach

See also: The Best FIFA Football Coach

Sarina Wiegman, most awarded coach

Year	Rank	Coach	Team(s) managed
2016	1st	Silvia Neid	Germany
	2nd	Jill Ellis	United States
	3rd	Pia Sundhage	Sweden
2017	1st	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands
	2nd	Nils Nielsen	Denmark
	3rd	Gérard Prêcheur	Lyon
2018	1st	Reynald Pedros	Lyon
	2nd	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands
	3rd	Asako Takakura	Japan
2019	1st	Jill Ellis	United States
	2nd	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands
	3rd	Phil Neville	England
2020	1st	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands
	2nd	Jean-Luc Vasseur	Lyon
	3rd	Emma Hayes	Chelsea
2021	1st	Emma Hayes	Chelsea
	2nd	Lluís Cortés	Barcelona
	3rd	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands
2022	1st	Sarina Wiegman	England
	2nd	Sonia Bompastor	Lyon
	3rd	Pia Sundhage	Brazil
2023	1st	Sarina Wiegman	England
	2nd	Emma Hayes	Chelsea
	3rd	Jonatan Giráldez	Barcelona
2024	1st	Emma Hayes	Chelsea  United States
	2nd	Jonatan Giráldez	Barcelona Washington Spirit
	3rd	Arthur Elias	Corinthians  Brazil
2025	1st	Sarina Wiegman	England
	2nd	Sonia Bompastor	Chelsea
	3rd	Renée Slegers	Arsenal

FIFA Marta Award

See also: FIFA Marta Award

FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11

See also: FIFPRO § FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11

Year	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2016	Not awarded
2017
2018
2019	Sari van Veenendaal (Arsenal/Atlético Madrid)	Lucy Bronze (Lyon) Nilla Fischer (VfL Wolfsburg/Linköpings) Kelley O'Hara (Utah Royals) Wendie Renard (Lyon)	Julie Ertz (Chicago Red Stars) Amandine Henry (Lyon) Rose Lavelle (Washington Spirit)	Marta (Orlando Pride) Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride) Megan Rapinoe (Reign FC)
2020[15]	Christiane Endler (Paris Saint-Germain)	Millie Bright (Chelsea) Lucy Bronze (Lyon/Manchester City) Wendie Renard (Lyon)	Barbara Bonansea (Juventus) Verónica Boquete (Utah Royals/Milan) Delphine Cascarino (Lyon)	Pernille Harder (VfL Wolfsburg/Chelsea) Tobin Heath (Portland Thorns/Manchester United) Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal) Megan Rapinoe (OL Reign)
2021[16]	Christiane Endler (Paris Saint-Germain/Lyon)	Lucy Bronze (Manchester City) Millie Bright (Chelsea) Magdalena Eriksson (Chelsea) Wendie Renard (Lyon)	Estefanía Banini (Levante/Atlético Madrid) Barbara Bonansea (Juventus) Carli Lloyd (NJ/NY Gotham FC)	Marta (Orlando Pride) Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal) Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride/San Diego Wave FC)
2022[17]	Christiane Endler (Lyon)	Lucy Bronze (Manchester City/Barcelona) Mapi León (Barcelona) Leah Williamson (Arsenal) Wendie Renard (Lyon)	Lena Oberdorf (VfL Wolfsburg) Keira Walsh (Manchester City/Barcelona) Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)	Beth Mead (Arsenal) Sam Kerr (Chelsea) Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride/San Diego Wave FC)
2023[18]	Mary Earps (Manchester United)	Lucy Bronze (Barcelona) Olga Carmona (Real Madrid) Alex Greenwood (Manchester City)	Ella Toone (Manchester United) Keira Walsh (Barcelona) Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona)	Lauren James (Chelsea) Sam Kerr (Chelsea) Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave FC) Alessia Russo (Manchester United/Arsenal)

FIFA Women's World 11

From the 2024 edition onward, FIFA independently manages their own award, The Best FIFA Women's World 11.

Year	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2024[19]	Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars)	Lucy Bronze (Barcelona)/(Chelsea) Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave) Irene Paredes (Barcelona) Ona Batlle (Barcelona)	Gabi Portilho (Corinthians) Patri Guijarro (Barcelona) Lindsey Horan (Lyon) Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona)	Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona) Salma Paralluelo (Barcelona)
2025[20]	Hannah Hampton (Chelsea)	Ona Batlle (Barcelona) Irene Paredes (Barcelona) Leah Williamson (Arsenal) Lucy Bronze (Chelsea)	Clàudia Pina (Barcelona) Patri Guijarro (Barcelona) Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona)	Alexia Putellas (Barcelona) Alessia Russo (Arsenal) Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal)

Mixed awards

FIFA Fair Play Award

See also: FIFA Fair Play Award

Year	Winner
2016	Atlético Nacional
2017	Francis Koné
2018	Lennart Thy
2019	Marcelo Bielsa Leeds United
2020	Mattia Agnese
2021	Denmark national team and medical staff
2022	Luka Lochoshvili
2023	Brazil national team
2024	Thiago Maia
2025	Andreas Harlass-Neuking

FIFA Puskás Award (until 2023)

See also: FIFA Puskás Award

Year	Rank	Player	Team	Opponent
2016	1st	Mohd Faiz Subri	Penang	Pahang
	2nd	Marlone	Corinthians	Cobresal
	3rd	Daniuska Rodríguez	Venezuela U17	Colombia U17
2017	1st	Olivier Giroud	Arsenal	Crystal Palace
	2nd	Oscarine Masuluke	Baroka	Orlando Pirates
	3rd	Deyna Castellanos	Venezuela U17	Cameroon U17
2018	1st	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	Everton
	2nd	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Juventus
	3rd	Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Cruzeiro	América Mineiro
2019	1st	Dániel Zsóri	Debrecen	Ferencváros
	2nd	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Real Betis
	3rd	Juan Fernando Quintero	River Plate	Racing
2020	1st	Son Heung-min	Tottenham Hotspur	Burnley
	2nd	Giorgian de Arrascaeta	Flamengo	Ceará
	3rd	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Mallorca
2021	1st	Erik Lamela	Tottenham Hotspur	Arsenal
	2nd	Mehdi Taremi	Porto	Chelsea
	3rd	Patrik Schick	Czech Republic	Scotland
2022	1st	Marcin Oleksy	Warta Poznań	Stal Rzeszów
	2nd	Dimitri Payet	Marseille	PAOK
	3rd	Richarlison	Brazil	Serbia
2023	1st	Guilherme Madruga	Botafogo-SP	Novorizontino
	2nd	Nuno Santos	Sporting	Boavista
	3rd	Julio Enciso	Brighton & Hove Albion	Manchester City

FIFA Fan Award

Year	Winner
2016	Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool supporters
2017	Celtic supporters
2018	Peru supporters
2019	Silvia Grecco, Palmeiras supporter
2020	Marivaldo Francisco da Silva, Sport Recife supporter
2021	Denmark and Finland supporters
2022	Argentina supporters
2023	Hugo Daniel Iñíguez, Colon de Santa Fe supporter
2024	Guilherme Gandra Moura, Gabriel Pec fan
2025	Zakho SC supporters

FIFA Special Award for an Outstanding Career Achievement

Year	Winner	Notes
2016	Falcão	for his amazing contribution to futsal
2021	Christine Sinclair	for breaking the record of most international goals scored by a female footballer
	Cristiano Ronaldo	for breaking the record of most international goals scored by a male footballer
2022	Pelé	Tribute and special recognition for contribution to football
2023	Marta	Special recognition for contribution to women's football

Awards by year

• The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016
• The Best FIFA Football Awards 2017
• The Best FIFA Football Awards 2018
• The Best FIFA Football Awards 2019
• The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020
• The Best FIFA Football Awards 2021
• The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022
• The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023
• The Best FIFA Football Awards 2024
• The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025

Awards by name

• The Best FIFA Men's Player
• The Best FIFA Women's Player
• The Best FIFA Men's Coach
• The Best FIFA Women's Coach
• The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper
• The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper
• The FIFA Puskás Award
• The FIFA Fair Play Award
• The FIFA Fan Award
• FIFA FIFPRO Men's World 11
• FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11

See also

• Ballon d'Or
• FIFA Ballon d'Or
• FIFA World Player of the Year
• FIFA World Player Gala